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My thought immediately was that a medical aid station at a TT club (for Covid-19????) would make things worse. A gigantic sack of wank to use a phrase I heard from a British player once. Even the things on that list that could sort of realistically be done almost certainly won't be done...

Slightly related, the geniuses at USATT sent an email to their affiliated clubs stating the following Absolutely insane guidelines for their reopening. Hire a doctor to serve as the clubs medical director. Hire a lawyer for legal guidance/risks. Deep clean facility and document cleaning...

This! They really dont need to practice a stroke. Also just to move a little, get blood flowing.

I also think it is highly likely that a vaccine will be developed based on what is coming out these days (and may well already exist). But proving safety and effectiveness, establishing dosing regimen, gearing up production, all that takes a long time. As Dr. Evil said, vaccine technology...

Yes, that is another human monoclonal antibody that neutralizes the virus in isolated cells. I mentioned another one near the top of the thread. The company's strategy of developing a cocktail of antobies will increase effectiveness of the ultimate product. The good news (not surprising, but...

I do recommend getting outside for exercise if you can. Aerobic exercise increases immune surveillance. Take Vitamin D and get sun. Try to stay in contact with friends even by zoom etc. Without doubt the situation sucks but only worry about things that need worrying about.

Not things to fear. The masks you can source are not going to restrict breathing enough to have ANY effect on blood gasses. Recall that healthcare workers wear quite restrictive N95 masks for hours at a time while performing complex demanding surgeries with no ill effects. They are hot and...

Here is a sobering video. Imagine if a waiter at a restaurant is infected? https://youtu.be/6tjKx_JofG0

Here is an interesting discussion for non specialists on how the virus gets into droplets, and implications for use of masks. For us there are a few things we could take away. One is that choing should not be allowed once clubs reopen! The louder you speak the more droplets are emitted...

There is reasonably good evidence that Vitamin D supplementation reduces duration and severity of a range of respiratory infections. https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583 Practical aspects are that it has a stronger effect in people who are deficient, and regular (daily) doses work and...

Yep. I've worn N95 masks doing surgery on animals (we had some in the lab and I had gotten pretty allergic to rats and mice at a certain point). Dr. Evil is right, they are pretty uncomfortable because they do fit pretty tight. That's the whole point. They can pull pretty hard on your ears...

Takyu, I thought about your question fir awhile and concluded I just can't put a number on the % reduction in risk. Maybe Dr. Evil or Pasifid can give their inputs. Without trying to give a number, I would not personally feel real comfortable in a Level 1 ASTM, especially if it turns out the...

I have given some thought about things people should consider if they are deciding whether to play if their clubs open up (as some in the US are doing). So here is a checklist for assessing your risk tolerance. The factors will not be the same for everyone everywhere, and some of these things...

Darucla, then you may find a bit of extra information even more reassuring. The likelihood is that sartans, if they have any effect at all in a Covid-19 infection, would be protective. There are many reasons to think this. It all pertains to the dynamics of the so-called renin-angiotensin...

I play jazz piano and played in clubs a bit in the late 1970s and early 1980s when I was in the university (it didn't help my grades because I preferred hanging out to studying!!l). These days I would not dare play in public. My chops have declined so much it would be embarrassing (and they...

That was interesting Rain. Definitely stuff there I didnt know or hadn't thought about. What I find particularly interesting about the JAMA and PNAS papers you mention above is that recovered patients' plasma were effective in seriously ill patients at a quite advanced stage. That suggests...

In light of my last post, though, I am even more excited by this article (peer reviewed and in press): https://www.cell.com/pb-assets/products/coronavirus/CELL_CELL-D-20-00739.pdf The idea here is that ACE-2 is the protein on human cells that SARS-COV-2 binds to in order to infect the cells...

Normally when your body is exposed to a foreign protein (for example a protein that is part of a virus or bacterium) your immune system recognizes it as foreign, and secretes a protein called an antibody that binds to the foreign protein (by recognizing a portion of the protein known as an...

I will start off with some news on the use of common blood pressure medications and susceptibility to infection by SARS-COV-2. Two classes of effective and very widely used blood pressure meds are so-called ACE inhibitors (generic drug names end with -pril, e.g. enalapril) and angiotensin...

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